Submitted by merasangeet on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 07:00
Everyone has their personal favorite song of Lata Didi, well now you could win a prize if people like your choice. Post video link of your favorite Lata Mangeshkar song on our Facebook contest post. If the song (video link) you post is popular and people like it, and if it gets more than 25 Likes on our Facebook Page, you could win a $50 Macy's or Amazon gift card mailed to you at your address in the USA. If there are more posts that get more than 25 likes, then the post with most Likes win the prize. You can only put one song, so pick your best song. If you change your mind during contest, then you can remove your first song from that post and add a new song.
Here is a twist this week; we at Mera Sangeet has our favorite Lata Mangeshkar song. If your song matches our team's favorite song, we will double your Likes. We will be playing Lata Mangeshkar songs during our programs this week and one of them will be Mera Sangeet team's favorite song. So keep listening to our programs and keep a note of Lata Mangeshar songs.
The contest ends on January 28 at 5:00 PM (EST). To participate you have to be a Mera Sangeet Fan club member and your profile should show that you are located in the USA, and that you like Mera Sangeet page. Click on the "Like" link on our Facebook page to become a member of Mera Sangeet Fan club. This contest is open to US residents only. Are you ready; then go for it, pick your favorite Lata Mangeshkar song, and post it on our FB page www.Facebook.com/merasangeet.
Sonal Shah, an American economist and public official... who has gone much beyond and has made an impeccable impact on people's lives... and touched these lives so very beautifully.... Sonal ji is the co-founder of Indicorps..... Indicorps is a non-partisan, non-religious, non-profit organization that encourages Indians around the world to actively participate in the progress of the country that defines their identity. Indicorps volunteers have worked in the areas of education, health and sanitation, rural development, Tsunami relief, and microfinance...
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Mr.Swapnil Naik, Director of Tourism,Govt.of Goa...joins us for the show...he tells us of the beautiful spots which could be visited...the added attractions in Goa...and a lot more
So do join us for this wonderful trip this Sunday, Jan 29 on our show Saat Samundar Paar !!
Zarina Wahab, the beautiful Indian actress...who has been in the film Industry for a pretty long time now..starting from FTII to starting her career with Ishq Ishq Ishq directed by Dev Anand Sahib...and then went on give some wonderful performances in films like Chitchor,Gharonda,Sawan Ko Aane Do..and a number of other films...Besides Hindi films, Zarina ji has also contributed towards films down South...and has had some great roles on Television too..
And you must have loved her in the film 'My Name is Khan'
A person of not many words...but very sweet to talk too...as she talks of her career, her films, her work on Television, her family...and her children...
Agra...a beautiful historic city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India....a city so synonymous with the symbol of love..The Taj Mahal....a structure standing with so much dignity since over 300 years...giving out a message of love and peace..of unity as it still stands on the banks of the largest tributary river of the Ganges...the Yamuna... sometimes called Jamuna or Jumna...
So, on our show, we take you to this beautiful UNESCO World Heritage Site.Taj Mahal is the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Persian, Turkish and Indian architectural styles....We also take you to other beautiful sites in the city...
We are joined in by Prof.Ram Shankar Katheriya, Member of Parliament,Agra Constituency,Uttar Pradesh,India...who tells us of the present condition of the Taj..which certainly is a cause of concern for all of us...
So let us all come together...and Save the Taj Mahal...with which we all Indians have identified over the years...and contribute in whatever way we can....
Do join in for this trip today...on Saat Samundar Paar..
Padmini Kolhapure, is a wonderful Indian actress who started working in films from a young age...as a child artist...Her father, Shri Pandharinath Kolhapure is a classical singer..so singing also came naturally to Padmini...she sang in the chorus for songs in films like Yaadon Ki Baaraat, Kitab and Dushman Dost...She also released an album with Bhappi Lahri called Music Lovers...and she did sing a song for us too...
Padmini Kolhapure is also related to Asha Bhonsle ji and Lata Mangeshkar ji... Padmini ji comes across as a very sweet person...just as you found her in films...and she talks of yesteryears ..of being so luky to have been in an era where she could work with legendary actors like Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor...my fav. actor of all times...
Padmini ji is also actively involved with theatre and would be soon in the US for the same...
To know more about your fav.actress, join in for this wonderful conversation with Padmini Kolahpure...on Saturday, Jan 28
Kanwaljit was real fun to talk too...a real good sense of humour...He spent his growing years in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh,India...So we'ed thought that he must have really convinced his parents to join the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune...to eventually become an actor...and asked him the same..but somebody rightly says,"do not assume"...so here too I was wrong...The story turned out to be really different...and an interesting one...
So we talk about this,and then Kanwaljit ji's movies and the number of TV serials he has contributed towards..starting from Buniyaad...the unforgettable ....and for me it was the TV serial Saans.... And what was your fav. TV serial which featured Kanwaljit ji..do write in to us...
And join us for this wonderful conversation,today, Jan 21...
Boman Irani.....an actor par excellence ...infact even this would fall short if we go back to the films he has contributed towards...and we all loved him on screen...Each and every role/character that he portrayed...is performance par excellence...the way he enacts the character...grasps the audience's attention...so be it as J. Asthana in Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.,as Lucky Singh in Lage Raho Munnabhai or as Viru Sahastrabuddhe in 3 idiots or asKishen Khurana in Khosla ka ghosla...each charater is just him....all in perfection...But you ask Boman ji this....and he does not agree at all...and we say that's humble of him...though Boman ji does not agree...you definetely would..with us...
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So do tune-in for sure for this very wonderful conversation we've had with the wonderful actor and person who attributes all success to his better half,Zenobia...
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Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh USA, Inc. (“HSS” or the Hindu Service Society) is a non profit organization.
On the show, Yashwant ji, the General secretory of South East HSS,tells us about the organisation, its inception and about Surya Namaskar Yajna This year the session is from Jan/14/2012 to Jan/29/2012 ...
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Prakhar Agrawal tells us of the various benefits of this Indian form of exercise which is gaining lot of popularity in the West too...
And Yagnas like these only increase awareness...So they are being held all across the US....and there are no charges involved...
Sonal Shah
